"The judgment has to adequately reflect the seriousness of the crime, and this was a very serious crime." | Continue reading
"We're sending the clear signal that we're going toward using non-fossil fuels." City poised to enact policy banning construction of new gas stations — here's what the law could mean for residents first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
📷 I got my Ironsworn book in the mail today, and my tiny friends have given it their seal of approval. | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Who is kind - he that kicketh a man in the balls for no reason, or he that doeth not? Today's News: | Continue reading
Otávio C. I had no intention of buying a LEGO set today. Yet, that plan quickly changed once I saw this set. Impossible to resist. Senna was not just a racing driver; he was a legend whose impact on the world of Formula 1 is immeasurable. The countless days and nights I spent wat … | Continue reading
I had no intention of buying a LEGO set today. Yet, that plan quickly changed once I saw this set. Impossible to resist. | Continue reading
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Awful’s Gas and Snack (Swing Shift Collective, 2019) Awful’s Gas & Snack is a life-size fake gas station from the year 2119, designed to help people imagine a positive future after the climate crisis. Offering “AUTHENTIC 20th and 21st century artifacts from the Golden Age of Gaso … | Continue reading
Lim + Lu, the New York-founded multidisciplinary design practice, announces the transformation of an 1,800 square feet apartment in metropolitan Hong Kong. Continue reading | Continue reading
Soar with Toothless and Hiccup at Universal Epic Universe, which will soon boast an imaginative world of Vikings inspired by DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon. Details for the Isle of Berk area, one of the five new cinematic portals of Universal Orlando’s newest theme park, ha … | Continue reading
Why are relations between China and the United States deteriorating? Why does the global outlook feel like it’s darkening? A few weeks ago, Brian Deese, President Biden’s former top economic aide, offered a theory on Shift Key, the podcast I cohost with Princeton engineering prof … | Continue reading
Major League Soccer highlight reel is the first Immersive Video since launch. | Continue reading
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The CDC issued a health alert about an uptick in invasive meningococcal disease in 2023 that appears to be continuing into 2024. | Continue reading
So you’ve decided to go off the grid with your iPhone. There are legitimate reasons for shutting off Find My iPhone, like when taking in the device for repair or selling it to another party, so this walkthrough is for you. Read more... | Continue reading
"Definitely going to give this a go." Gardener shares cheap method for near-infinite fresh fruit: 'Enjoy your free strawberries' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I’ve been fascinated with ocean liners and early twentieth century history since I was in primary school, as I’ve posted again multiple times recently. Clara and I had penciled in a day to wander the Melbourne Museum, but when we heard there was a Titanic exhibit!? Get out of her … | Continue reading
A short story of a broken furnace, a wealth of information, and the need for experts to save the day. Oh, and the most badass portfolio site I've ever seen. | Continue reading
LifeSpan's Ampera offers a solid workout, but it has a lot of quirks. | Continue reading
Lots of Disney this time! We talk Disney’s big succession question, Taylor Swift’s Disney+ numbers, and Disney’s deal in India. Also, a quick Sports Corner on NFL streaming rights, Spulu, and ESPN as a streaming aggregator.… | Continue reading
Yesterday, Marvel revealed yet another upcoming video game:Marvel Rivals, a team-based multiplayer shooter inspired by the likes of Overwatch and Valorant. But among its roster of stalwarts—X-Men Storm and Magneto, Guardians of the Galaxy members Star-Lord and Rocket, and of cour … | Continue reading
The Dynamic Duo "flashlight" is actually two flashlights – a wide-beam that illuminates a broad area, and a more focused narrow-beam. They can be used individually as needed, or magnetically joined together to form one dual-beam unit. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors, Lifestyl … | Continue reading
Here are a half dozen clever ideas for making the most of your slew of boiled eggs, including grating them atop vegetables, stuffing them inside meatloaf, and more. | Continue reading
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Raymond Williams’s Resources for Hope - Dissent Magazine A radical analysis of problems and barriers to change may lead to overwhelming pessimism about any radical program; the hardness of a radical analysis can produce political quietism, with radical programs left to the politi … | Continue reading
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has a new plan to make the city’s subways safe: metal detectors. But these are not just any metal detectors because these detectors come with AI. As for how well they work, it’s not looking so good. Read more... | Continue reading
A vulnerability has been discovered in the 'util-linux' library that could allow unprivileged users to put arbitrary text on other users' terminals using the 'wall' command. [...] | Continue reading
A sad day for Joe Biden’s second-largest donor (NYT): Could the federal government reduce the budget deficit by selling license plates and other collectibles made by Sam Bankman-Fried? If he’s going to be in prison for at least a few years why not start up a line of Effective Alt … | Continue reading
Well, this is interesting. All these years I’ve thought the demise of the dinosaurs was occasioned by the impact of an asteroid that struck Earth sixty-six million years ago. That may be still the case, but some scientists believe relentless volcanic activity, spanning more than … | Continue reading
LimX Dynamics’s bipedal robot, P1, can keep its footing, even when traversing rough terrain unlike any it’s seen before. | Continue reading
Archaeologists found a 600-year-old castle with a moat in Brittany, France. | Continue reading
A data broker compiled a report on the geographical movements of visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophile island,” culling it from mobile data that it acquired via unknown means, a new investigation by Wired reveals. Read more... | Continue reading
and centralized punctuation of the effort and method. Over budget at the store by $30.55…. What can I do, my kids are here and I don’t limit in providing for them. Regardless of what some hasty-w… | Continue reading
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on. | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 Thinking slow and slower: Professor Daniel Kahneman died yesterday. Headline included, the start of the New York Times obituary provides some basic background: Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 Daniel Kahneman, who never … | Continue reading
A new study this week points to a potential transmission risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found evidence in mice that an inherited form of the neurological disorder can be passed on via bone marrow donation. While such a danger has yet to be confirmed in humans and likely … | Continue reading
Apple filed a lawsuit earlier this month against former software engineer Andrew Aude, alleging he leaked info about products he wanted to “kill” to a journalist saved in his phone as “Homeboy.” The secret projects included Apple’s new Journal app and the Vision Pro, first report … | Continue reading
Heathers was released in theaters March 31, 1989, capping a decade of teen movies more defined by John Hughes comedies (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) than wickedly acidic satire. Other high school-centric films in 1989 included Say Anything, Dead Poets’ Society, a … | Continue reading
The album of the week is for Your Best Nightmare debut LP “Presents: A Simple Solution For Toxic Masculinity”. | Continue reading
Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide. | Continue reading
In loft office, 1st floor. Was going to have a quick power nap after Oliver’s breakfast burrito, but […] | Continue reading
The basic method for hot-smoked salmon is simple: Brine the fish with salt and sugar, then rinse and dry thoroughly before smoking it. The result is silky, rich hot-smoked salmon that's even better than store-bought. | Continue reading
These egg sandwiches work for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. The choice is yours! | Continue reading
The pilot program will help residents save money over the long run. Towns come together to help homeowners take advantage of federal funding with home improvements: 'Meeting people where they're at' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Blame it on a smaller orbiting black hole repeatedly punching through the accretion disk. | Continue reading
Google has reportedly resolved a known scrolling issue with its Pixel phone that numerous users had complained about. According to… Continue reading Google may have fixed its Pixel scrolling issue The post Google may have fixed its Pixel scrolling issue appeared first on ReadWrit … | Continue reading
Lately I’m writing a lot more soapboxin’ posts that I intend, but that’s just the state of affairs in our world right now that is causing such things. Today I am up on my box because I have seen many references over the past week or so to what is being called :modern feminism,” a … | Continue reading